Netflix to acquire WBD's Streaming & Studios in all-cash deal, spinning off Linear Networks business.

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    "detail": "Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery's core streaming and studio assets, while WBD will spin off its Global Linear Networks into a new company ('SpinCo'). This massive corporate reorganization will create significant operational, IT, and HR integration challenges for Netflix and require the new SpinCo to establish standalone corporate functions and systems.",
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    "summary": "Netflix to acquire WBD's Streaming & Studios in all-cash deal, spinning off Linear Networks business.",
    "excerpts": "On January 19, 2026, Netflix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Netflix”), Nightingale Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Netflix (“Merger Sub”), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WBD”), and New Topco 25, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of WBD (“Newco”), entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger...",
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    "filing_date": "2026-01-20",
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